Birds going extinct faster due to human activities
Embryonic stem cells, prized for their astonishing ability to apparently transform into any kind of cell in the body, acquire their identities in part by interacting with their surroundings - even when they are outside of the body in a laboratory dish, University of Florida scientists report. Using an animal model of embryonic stem cell development, researchers with UF's McKnight Brain In...Chemical switch triggers critical cell activities
The freeze-frame image of a molecular relay race, in which one enzyme passes off a protein like a baton to another enzyme, has solved a key mystery to how cells control some vital functions, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. A report on this work appears in the January 14 advanced online publication issue of Nature. The St. Jude discovery explains how a...Household Activities Can Reduce Blood Pressure
Scientists from Indiana University had found that doing household activities like cleaning the house and the backyards, washing the car etc could prevent hypertension and conditions of prehypertension in people. // The study found that regardless of intensity, four hours of accumulated daily lifestyle physical activity had the effect of dropping study participants' blood pressure by a...Peer Rejection Leads To Reduced Participation In Classroom Activities
Children who do not take an active part in classroom activities are more likely to demonstrate a poor academic performance a new study shows. Furthermore, children excluded from classroom activities by their peers have also been found to show withdrawal symptoms.// The results of this study can be found in the Journal of Educational Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological...Exercise Activities Helps To Avoid Heart Ailment
A new research has stated that it's never too late for a person to start exercising for cutting down their risk of heart disease.// The researchers particularly taking into consideration the people who were of the habit of being 'couch potatoes' explained that the exercise need not be of any strenuous nature but rather even simple measures like walking could make the difference. Dr Di...Religious Activities Could Promote Obesity
A Purdue University researcher says that some religious activities may promote obesity. Hence he recommends that religious heads need to take notice and help their// community deal with the problem. "America is becoming known as a nation of gluttony and obesity, and churches are a feeding ground for this problem," says Ken Ferraro, a professor of sociology who has studied religion and...Twin Cities Residents Get Exercise Through Personal Lifestyle Activities
Twin Cities residents are getting the majority of their physical activity through personal lifestyle activities such as yardwork, cleaning, and leisure-time// physical activities – such as walking, running, or biking, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Research published in the September issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise...